1997 Regular Agendas & Minutes

Agenda for the regular Board of Commissioners meeting to be held
in the County Commissioners Hearing Room, First Floor, County-City
Building.Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1997 at 1:30 p.m.

1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of
Commissioners meeting held on Tuesday,
January 28, 1997. (A copy of these
minutes is on file in the Office of the
Lancaster County Clerk.)
2) CLAIMS: Approval of all claims processed through
Tuesday, February 4, 1997, with the
exception that the vote of any
Commissioner who might have a conflict
of interest in the payment of any claim
shall be deemed an abstention from
approval for such claims alone.
3) ITEMS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
It is the policy of the Lancaster County Board of
Commissioners to accommodate the public to the greatest
extent possible. Therefore, this agenda has been
prepared with items of greatest public interest at the
beginning with more routine items toward the end as a
courtesy to those who wish to speak with the County
Board at this meeting. If you are here to participate
on an item and need special consideration because of
schedule conflict or some other problem, would you
please let us know now so we can try to meet your
needs.
* Update of the County Roadside Dumping Education
Program - Harry Heafer, Health Department
4) PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Adoption of an Interlocal Agreement between Lancaster
County and the City of Lincoln for building inspection
and permitting services; adoption of fee schedules for
mechanical, gas piping, electrical, plumbing, building,
plan review, insulation and zoning review in the County
(Resolution Number 5434); adoption of the 1994 edition
of the Uniform Mechanical Code (Resolution Number
5430); adoption of the 1994 edition of the Uniform
Building Code (Resolution No. 5431) and the adoption of
the 1996 edition of the Electrical Code (Resolution
Number 5432).
5) NEW BUSINESS:
A. Refund of motor vehicle taxes for Peg Hartgerink for
$31 because the vehicle was taxed in the incorrect
taxing district.
B. Appointments of the following to the Lincoln-Lancaster
Women's Commission:
NAME EXPIRATION OF TERM
Annette M. McRoy January 1, 1998
Stephanie Ortiz-Cidlik January 1, 2000
C. Appointment and reappointment of the following to the
Lincoln-Lancaster County Ecological Advisory Committee:
NAME EXPIRATION OF TERM
Michael Fritz (reappointment) January, 2000
Daniel Ludwig (new appointment) January, 2000
D. A salary increase for Dennis Banks from $39,156 to
$40,722 while serving as the interim Attention Center
Director, retroactive to December 19, 1996.
E. Designation and recognition of computer generated
zoning maps as the official Lancaster County Zoning
District Maps (Resolution Number 5433).
F. Agreements between the Lancaster County Attention
Center for Youth and Saline, Saunders and Seward
counties to assume the safekeeping, care and sustenance
of persons held as detainees at a rate of $176.82 per
day, or at partial rates for six hour increments as
specified in the agreements, effective upon execution
by both parties.
G. An agreement between the Lancaster County Engineering
Department and Norris Public Power District for
construction work on Pleasant Hill Road from Stable
Lane to Southwest 12th Street for the total amount of
$18,878.32 of which $5,663.50 is the estimated cost to
the County.
6) CONSENT ITEMS:
These are items of business before the Lancaster County
Board of Commissioners which have been previously supplied
to each Commissioner in writing, which are relatively
routine and which are expected to be adopted without
dissent. Any individual item may be removed for special
discussion and consideration by a Commissioner or by any
member of the public without prior notice. Unless there is
an exception, these items will be approved as one with a
single vote of the Board of Commissioners. These items are
consideration of:
A. Placing on file of the 1997 Aliant Communications maps
showing the routing of buried telephone cable in
Lancaster County.
B. A quarterly report from the Lancaster County Veterans'
Service Center.
C. A maintenance agreement between the Lancaster County
Sheriff's Office and Carmichael Business Systems, for
$251.66, commencing on February 17, 1997 and ending
February 17, 1998.
D. An agreement between Lancaster County and the
Association of Students of the University of Nebraska
for use of the County's election equipment and election
services for $512, effective upon execution by both
parties until April 15, 1997.
E. A service agreement between Lancaster Manor and Aliant
Communications for equipment, in the amount of $3,465,
commencing September 22, 1996 and ending September 21,
1997.
F. Contracts between the Lancaster County Engineering
Department and the following:
LANDOWNER LOCATION AMOUNT
Monte R. Bohmont Near S.W. 29th Street Land
donation
Pauline O'Donnell Near North 40th Street Land
and Rock Creek Road donation
John F. Tvrdy Near North 40th Street $10
and Rock Creek Road
James E. and Near N.W. 84th Street $39 and
Carolyn L. and West Waverly Road a land
Partridge donation
Eleanor J. On West Claire Street $32 and
Peterson near S.W. 27th Street a land
donation
Chuck Reddish On West Claire Street $10
near S.W. 27th Street
Curtis G. and On S.W. 42nd Street $198 and
Joetta M. near West Gage Road a land
Schwaninger donation
7) ANNOUNCEMENTS:
A. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners will not
hold a meeting on Thursday, February 6, 1997 instead
they will hold a meeting on Tuesday, February 4, 1997
at 12 p.m. in the Fourth Floor Conference Room,
County-City Building.
B. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners Mid-Year
Budget Review Retreat, previously scheduled for
Wednesday, January 22, 1997 at the Cornhusker Hotel,
located at 333 South 13th Street, has been rescheduled
for Wednesday, February 5, 1997 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the same location.
C. A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 11,
1997, at 1:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room,
First Floor, County-City Building for a variance of lot
area from 20 acres to 3.74 acres and a variance of
frontage and minimum lot width from 550 feet to 300
feet, requested by William Blake on behalf of John
Divine, on property located east of Northwest 84th
Street and West Branched Oak Road in Lancaster County,
Nebraska (County Board of Zoning Appeals, Appeal Number
103).
D. A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 18,
1997, at 1:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room,
First Floor, County-City Building for a text amendment
to the County Zoning Resolution, requested by Timothy
Moore for James Arthur Vineyards, to define and
conditionally permit "farm wineries" as a conditional
use in the AG Agricultural District (County Change of
Zone Number 168).
E. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners meeting
which is broadcast live at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday will be
re-broadcast at 6:30 p.m. on Cablevision Channel 5.
8) EMERGENCY ITEMS AND OTHER BUSINESS:
9) ADJOURNMENT:
This agenda, which is kept continually current, is available
for inspection in the Office of the County Clerk in
Lancaster County, Nebraska.
NOTE: An interpreter for the hearing impaired will be
available at the meeting upon request. Please contact the
County Clerk's Office at 441-6336 and ask for Susan Starcher
or Kandra Hahn at least 48 hours prior to the meeting if
this accommodation is required.
Agenda for a Meeting of the Lancaster County Board of
Equalization to Be Held Tuesday, February 4, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. in
the County Commissioners Hearing Room, First Floor, County-City
Building.
1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of
Equalization held on Tuesday, January
28, 1997. (A copy of these minutes is on
file in the Office of the Lancaster
County Clerk.)
2) ADDITIONS AND DEDUCTIONS:
Approval of 72 additions and deductions to the tax
assessment rolls as per Exhibit "A".
3) MOTOR VEHICLE TAX EXEMPTIONS:
Approval of the following motor vehicle tax exemptions:
Bible Baptist Church
Cathedral of the Risen Christ
Christian Heritage Children's Home
Goodwill Industries Serving Southeast Nebraska, Inc.
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Nebraskans for Public Television, Inc.
People's City Mission
The Salvation Army
St. John's Bus Corporation
St. Mary's School
Sesostris Shrine Temple
Southeast Nebraska Mobile Diagnostic Services, Inc.
Tabitha Health Care Services
Trinity Lutheran Church
Wyuka Cemetery
Young Men's Christian Association

Minutes

Commissioners Present: Linda Steinman, Chair
Kathy Campbell
Larry Hudkins
Steve Svoboda
Darlene Tussing
Others Present: Kandra Hahn, Lancaster County Clerk
Kerry Eagan, Chief Administrative Officer
Diane Staab, Deputy County Attorney
1) MINUTES:
Approval of the minutes of the Board of Commissioners
meeting held on Tuesday, January 28, 1997. (A copy of
these minutes is on file in the Office of the Lancaster
County Clerk.)
MOTION: Hudkins moved and Tussing seconded approval.
On call Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda
and Tussing voted aye. Motion carried.
2) CLAIMS:
Approval of all claims processed through Tuesday,
February 4, 1997, with the exception that the vote of
any Commissioner who might have a conflict of interest
in the payment of any claim shall be deemed an
abstention from approval for such claims alone.
MOTION: Tussing moved and Campbell seconded approval.
On call Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing
and Campbell voted aye. Motion carried.
3) ITEMS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
A) An update of the County Roadside Dumping Education
Program was presented by Harry Heafer of the
Lincoln-Lancaster Health Department.
MOTION: Tussing moved and Hudkins seconded to
add the recognition of February 3
through 9, 1997 as National Girls and
Women in Sports Week to the agenda
(Resolution Number 5435). On call
Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell
and Hudkins voted aye. Motion carried.
Bonnie Coffey, Executive Director of the Lincoln-Lancaster
Women's Commission, appeared and gave a
brief explanation of National Girls and Women in
Sports Week.
The Clerk read Resolution Number 5435 into the
record.
MOTION: Hudkins moved and Campbell seconded
approval of the adoption of Resolution
Number 5435. On call Steinman, Svoboda,
Tussing, Campbell and Hudkins voted aye.
Motion carried.
4) PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Adoption of an Interlocal Agreement between Lancaster
County and the City of Lincoln for building inspection
and permitting services; adoption of fee schedules for
mechanical, gas piping, electrical, plumbing, building,
plan review, insulation and zoning review in the County
(Resolution Number 5434); adoption of the 1994 edition
of the Uniform Mechanical Code (Resolution Number
5430); adoption of the 1994 edition of the Uniform
Building Code (Resolution No. 5431) and the adoption of
the 1996 edition of the Electrical Code (Resolution
Number 5432).
Chuck Zimmerman, Building and Safety Department,
appeared and said language was being updated in the
interlocal agreement. He added resolutions are also
included to update codes and simplify the fee structure
and fee system and gave a brief explanation of each.
Steinman asked if anyone wished to speak in favor,
opposition or in a neutral position.
No one appeared.
Steinman closed the public hearing.
MOTION: Campbell moved and Hudkins seconded approval
of Resolution Number 5434 (fee schedule). On
call Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins and
Steinman voted aye. Motion carried.
MOTION: Tussing moved and Svoboda seconded approval
of Resolution Number 5430 (mechanical code).
On call Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins
and Steinman voted aye. Motion carried.
MOTION: Hudkins moved and Svoboda seconded approval
of Resolution Number 5432 (electrical code).
On call Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman
and Svoboda voted aye. Motion carried.
MOTION: Tussing moved and Campbell seconded approval
of Resolution Number 5431 (uniform building
code). On call Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman,
Svoboda and Tussing voted aye. Motion
carried.
MOTION: Tussing moved and Campbell seconded approval
of the interlocal agreement which includes
the fee surcharge for distance. On call
Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing and
Campbell voted aye. Carried. Motion
carried.
5) NEW BUSINESS:
A. Refund of motor vehicle taxes for Peg Hartgerink for
$31 because the vehicle was taxed in the incorrect
taxing district.
MOTION: Svoboda moved and Hudkins seconded approval.
On call Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman
and Svoboda seconded aye. Motion carried.
B. Appointments of the following to the Lincoln-Lancaster
Women's Commission:
NAME EXPIRATION OF TERM
Annette M. McRoy January 1, 1998
Stephanie Ortiz-Cidlik January 1, 2000
MOTION: Campbell moved and Tussing seconded approval.
On call Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda
and Tussing voted aye. Motion carried.
C. Appointment and reappointment of the following to the
Lincoln-Lancaster County Ecological Advisory Committee:
NAME EXPIRATION OF TERM
Michael Fritz January, 2000
(reappointment)
Daniel Ludwig January, 2000
appointment)
MOTION: Tussing moved and Campbell seconded approval.
On call Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing
and Campbell voted aye. Motion carried.
D. A salary increase for Dennis Banks from $39,156 to
$40,722 while serving as the interim Attention Center
Director, retroactive to December 19, 1996.
MOTION: Svoboda moved and Tussing seconded approval.
On call Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell
and Hudkins voted aye. Motion carried.
E. Designation and recognition of computer generated
zoning maps as the official Lancaster County Zoning
District Maps (Resolution Number 5433).
Mike DeKalb, Planning Department, said the purpose of
the resolution was to acknowledge the replacement of
the mylar maps with the Geographic Information System
which is a computer based system maintained by the
Planning Department and the County Engineering
Department.
MOTION: Svoboda moved and Campbell seconded approval.
On call Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins
and Steinman voted aye. Motion carried.
F. Agreements between the Lancaster County Attention
Center for Youth and Saline, Saunders and Seward
counties to assume the safekeeping, care and sustenance
of persons held as detainees at a rate of $176.82 per
day, or at partial rates for six hour increments as
specified in the agreements, effective upon execution
by both parties.
MOTION: Hudkins moved and Tussing seconded approval.
On call Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman
and Svoboda voted aye. Motion carried.
G. An agreement between the Lancaster County Engineering
Department and Norris Public Power District for
construction work on Pleasant Hill Road from Stable
Lane to Southwest 12th Street for the total amount of
$18,878.32 of which $5,663.50 is the estimated cost to
the County.
MOTION: Tussing moved and Campbell seconded approval.
On call Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda
and Tussing voted aye. Motion carried.
6) CONSENT ITEMS:
These are items of business before the Lancaster County
Board of Commissioners which have been previously supplied
to each Commissioner in writing, which are relatively
routine and which are expected to be adopted without
dissent. Any individual item may be removed for special
discussion and consideration by a Commissioner or by any
member of the public without prior notice. Unless there is
an exception, these items will be approved as one with a
single vote of the Board of Commissioners. These items are
consideration of:
A. Placing on file of the 1997 Aliant Communications maps
showing the routing of buried telephone cable in
Lancaster County.
B. A quarterly report from the Lancaster County Veterans'
Service Center.
C. A maintenance agreement between the Lancaster County
Sheriff's Office and Carmichael Business Systems, for
$251.66, commencing on February 17, 1997 and ending
February 17, 1998.
D. An agreement between Lancaster County and the
Association of Students of the University of Nebraska
for use of the County's election equipment and election
services for $512, effective upon execution by both
parties until April 15, 1997.
E. A service agreement between Lancaster Manor and Aliant
Communications for equipment, in the amount of $3,465,
commencing September 22, 1996 and ending September 21,
1997.
F. Contracts between the Lancaster County Engineering
Department and the following:
LANDOWNER LOCATION AMOUNT
Monte R. Bohmont Near S.W. 29th Street Land
donation
Pauline O'Donnell Near North 40th Street Land
and Rock Creek Road donation
John F. Tvrdy Near North 40th Street $10
and Rock Creek Road
James E. and Near N.W. 84th Street $39 and
Carolyn L. and West Waverly Road a land
Partridge donation
Eleanor J. On West Claire Street $32 and
Peterson near S.W. 27th Street a land
donation
Chuck Reddish On West Claire Street $10
near S.W. 27th Street
Curtis G. and On S.W. 42nd Street $198 and
Joetta M. near West Gage Road a land
Schwaninger donation
MOTION: Campbell moved and Svoboda seconded approval
of the consent items. On call Hudkins,
Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing and Campbell
voted aye. Motion carried.
7) ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Steinman said a resolution will be drafted regarding
condemnation of racism and will be on the County Board
agenda for Tuesday, February 11, 1997.
ADJOURNMENT:MOTION: Campbell moved and Tussing seconded to adjourn.
On call Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins and
Steinman voted aye. Motion carried.
Kandra Hahn
Lancaster County Clerk
Minutes
Lancaster County Board of Equalization
County Commissioners Hearing Room
First Floor, County-City Building
Tuesday, February 4, 1997
1:30 p.m.
Commissioners Present: Linda Steinman, Chair
Kathy Campbell
Larry Hudkins
Steve Svoboda
Darlene Tussing
Others Present: Kandra Hahn, Lancaster County Clerk
Kerry Eagan, Chief Administrative Officer
Diane Staab, Deputy County Attorney
1) MINUTES:
Approval of the minutes of the Board of Equalization
held on Tuesday, January 28, 1997. (A copy of these
minutes is on file in the Office of the Lancaster
County Clerk.)
MOTION: Hudkins moved and Tussing seconded approval.
On call Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda
and Tussing voted aye. Motion carried.
2) ADDITIONS AND DEDUCTIONS:
Approval of 72 additions and deductions to the tax
assessment rolls as per Exhibit "A".
MOTION: Svoboda moved and Hudkins seconded approval. On
call Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing and
Campbell voted aye. Motion carried.
3) MOTOR VEHICLE TAX EXEMPTIONS:
Approval of the following motor vehicle tax exemptions:
Bible Baptist Church
Cathedral of the Risen Christ
Christian Heritage Children's Home
Goodwill Industries Serving Southeast Nebraska, Inc.
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Nebraskans for Public Television, Inc.
People's City Mission
The Salvation Army
St. John's Bus Corporation
St. Mary's School
Sesostris Shrine Temple
Southeast Nebraska Mobile Diagnostic Services, Inc.
(2 exemptions)
Tabitha Health Care Services
Trinity Lutheran Church
Wyuka Cemetery
Young Men's Christian Association
MOTION: Tussing moved and Campbell seconded approval of
motor vehicle tax exemptions for Cathedral of the
Risen Christ, Christian Heritage Children's Home,
Goodwill Industries Serving Southeast Nebraska,
Inc., Nebraska Wesleyan University, Nebraskans for
Public Television, Inc., People's City Mission,
The Salvation Army, St. John's Bus Corporation,
Sesostris Shrine Temple, Tabitha Health Care
Services, Trinity Lutheran church, Wyuka Cemetery,
Young Men's Christian Men's Christian Association
and approval of motor vehicle tax exemptions
subject to presentation of title and registration
for Bible Baptist Church and St. Mary's School and
Southeast Nebraska mobile Diagnostic Services,
Inc. for the 1997 Astro van. On call Steinman,
Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell and Hudkins voted aye.
Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT:MOTION: Campbell moved and Tussing seconded to adjourn.
On call Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins and
Steinman voted aye. Motion carried.
Kandra Hahn
Lancaster County Clerk